Author: Md. Adullah-Al-Mamun
Md. Abdullah-Al-Mamun is an Independent researcher. He conducts research in the realm of International Relations, Security Studies and Public Policy and writes to national and international media. He can be reached at abdullahalmamunhbri@gmail.com
In 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative — consisting of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road — was first put forward by the current president of the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Xi Jinping. There are three main aims of this initiative: firstly, China wants to enlarge connectivity along and beyond the routes of the ancient Silk Road; secondly, the Communist government under President Xi desperately wants to enhance both China’s development and its cooperation with worldwide partners (such as Asia, Africa, and the European Continents), focusing on five key areas such as trade, policies,…
Unprecedentedly, the world’s political and economic landscape is evolving to a larger extent day by day. According to the world’s political history, from 1946 to 1991, the world witnessed a bipolar order led by two influential countries: the United States and the Soviet Union. Having said that, after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its alliance, the Warsaw Pact, the world order shifted into almost a unipolar system led by the United States. The question now arises: is it still a unipolar world order led by the United States? The answer is a ‘big’ no. This is because the…